Standard Lemma guide

indisputable

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɪn.dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌɪn.dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D IH0 S P Y UW1 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inarguable, unarguable, unchallengeable

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

impossible to doubt or dispute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • indisputable (or sure) proof

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sure

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not open to question; obviously true

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • undeniable guilt
  • indisputable evidence of a witness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incontestable, undisputable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilis Latin indisputābilislbor. English indisputable Learned borrowing from Latin indisputābilis. By surface analysis, in- + disputable.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: padiskutueshëm — not disputable
  • Azerbaijani: danılmaz — not disputable
  • Azerbaijani: inkaredilbəz — not disputable
  • Azerbaijani: şəksiz — not disputable
  • Bulgarian: неоспорим (neosporim) — not disputable
  • Bulgarian: безспорен (bezsporen) — not disputable
  • Catalan: indiscutible — not disputable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無可爭辯的 /无可争辩的 (wúkě zhēngbiàn de) — not disputable
  • Danish: ubestridelig — not disputable
  • Danish: indiskutabel — not disputable
  • Dutch: onomstotelijk — not disputable
  • Dutch: onontkenbaar — not disputable
  • Finnish: kiistaton — not disputable
  • Finnish: kieltämätön — not disputable
  • French: indiscutable — not disputable
  • French: incontestable — not disputable
  • French: irréfutable — not disputable
  • Georgian: უდავო (udavo) — not disputable
  • Georgian: უცილობელი (ucilobeli) — not disputable
  • Georgian: უთუო (utuo) — not disputable
  • Georgian: უსათუო (usatuo) — not disputable
  • Georgian: უეჭველი (ueč̣veli) — not disputable
  • Greek: αδιάψευστος (adiápsefstos) — not disputable
  • Ancient Greek: ἀναντιρρήτος (anantirrhḗtos) — not disputable
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδήριτος (adḗritos) — not disputable
  • Hungarian: vitathatatlan — not disputable
  • Hungarian: kétségtelen — not disputable
  • Hungarian: kétségbevonhatatlan — not disputable
  • Hungarian: elvitathatatlan — not disputable
  • Hungarian: tagadhatatlan — not disputable
  • Hungarian: kikezdhetetlen — not disputable
  • Manx: neuarganeagh — not disputable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: udiskutabel — not disputable
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: udiskutabel — not disputable
  • Polish: bezdyskusyjny — not disputable
  • Polish: bezsporny — not disputable
  • Romanian: indisputabil — not disputable
  • Russian: бесспо́рный (besspórnyj) — not disputable
  • Spanish: incuestionable — not disputable
  • Spanish: indiscutible — not disputable
  • Spanish: innegable — not disputable
  • Spanish: irrefutable — not disputable
  • Swedish: obestridlig — not disputable
  • Swedish: odiskutabel — not disputable
  • Telugu: తిరుగులేని (tirugulēni) — not disputable